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Science & Tech News tagged with plants

Plant Experts Unveil DNA Barcode
Science & Tech  (tags: science, plants, DNA barcode, environment, protection )

Cher
- 14 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Hundreds of experts from 50 nations are set to agree on a "DNA barcode" system that gives every plant on Earth a unique genetic fingerprint
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Scientists Expand Program to 'Bar-Code' DNA of World's Plants, Animals
Science & Tech  (tags: scientists, technology, research, DNA, plants, animals, programmes )

Simone
- 16 days ago - google.com
It sounds like a futuristic fantasy, but scientists are quietly creating a global databank of DNA bar codes for the world's flora and fauna that could be used to identify illicit goods at borders and track the spread of disease. From tiny micro-
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'Barcode' to Help Identify Plants
Science & Tech  (tags: science, plants, identification, DNA barcodes, Botanic, research, interesting, news, scientists )

Dee
- 118 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
An international team of scientists has agreed on a standard "DNA barcode" for plants that will allow botanists to identify species quickly and easily. There are an estimated 400,000 species of land plants on the planet.
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Plants Get a Boost From Love Hormone
Science & Tech  (tags: agriculture, hormones, plants, vegetables, vegetablesscience, world )

Mimi
- 120 days ago - newscientist.com
THE "cuddle chemical" oxytocin is being put to a different use by farmers in India: boosting the growth of pumpkins and cucumbers.
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How Flowers Conquered the World
Science & Tech  (tags: science, botanist, Earth, flowers, plants, soil fertility, scientists, interesting, discovery, research, study )

Dee
- 136 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The great explosion in flowering plants during the Cretaceous Period is one of the great enigmas of evolution. Charles Darwin had no explanation, calling it an "abominable mystery".
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Strange Plant Waters Itself
Science & Tech  (tags: science, plants, interesting, desert rhubarb, discovery )

Dee
- 137 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Any wannabe gardener would appreciate a plant that waters itself. Now research shows how one plant does this: The desert rhubarb plant captures 16 times more liquid from its bone-dry surroundings than neighboring plants.
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World's First Ever 'Self-Watering' Plant Discovered in Israel
Science & Tech  (tags: discovery, botany, water, desert heat, plants under stress, plants )

Mimi
- 146 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Scientists have discovered the world's first 'self-watering' plant in Israel's Negev desert - one of the driest regions on earth.
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Current Mass Extinction Spurs Major Study Of Which Plants To Save
Science & Tech  (tags: sixth mass extinction, holocene extinction, ucsb, extinction, plants, animals, biodiversity crisis, study, science, scientists, earth, research, tech, climate change, global warming, history, geology, endangered species, ecosystems, biology, humans, world )

SirRobert
- 290 days ago - ia.ucsb.edu
University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB): The Earth is currently in the midst of a sixth mass extinction of plants and animals, with an estimated nearly 50 percent of all species disappearing, scientists say.
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Scientific Experts: National Survey Reveals Biodiversity Mass Extinction Crisis
Science & Tech  (tags: holocene mass extinction, sixth extinction, museum of natural history, geology, science, research, biology, history, health, public warning, alert, humans, animals, plants, biodiversity crisis, world, mega-disaster, death, suffering, animal rights, news )

SirRobert
- 291 days ago - amnh.org
National Survey Reveals: scientific experts believe we are in the midst of the fastest growing mass extinction event in Earth's geologically recorded history! Crisis Poses Major Threat to Human Survival; Public Unaware of this Danger.
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Mini Nuclear Plants to Power 20,000 Homes ?
Science & Tech  (tags: Mini, nuclear, plants, to, power, 20, 000, homes, discovery, energy, environment, interesting, news, NewTechnology, technology, scientists, research, tech )

Boban
- 375 days ago - mysterytopia.com
Nuclear power plants smaller than a garden shed and able to power 20,000 homes will be on sale within five years, say scientists at Los Alamos, the US government laboratory which developed the first atomic bomb.
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Female Plant 'Communicates' Rejection Or Acceptance Of Male
Science & Tech  (tags: plants, mating, research, discovery )

Ingrid
- 395 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Without eyes or ears, plants must rely on the interaction of molecules to determine appropriate mating partners and avoid inbreeding.
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Plants Are a Lot Smarter Than We Give Them Credit for:
Science & Tech  (tags: plants, interesting, research, science, scientists, University of Delaware )


- 396 days ago - sciencedaily.com
When Under Attack, Plants Can Signal Microbial Friends For Help. Sophisticated signaling system inside plants that rivals the nervous system in humans and animals.
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Why Nuclear Power Plants Are Horrible
Science & Tech  (tags: nuclear, fission, power, plants, renewable, energy, source, reasons, against, for, radioactive, waste, nonrenewable, electricity, radiation )

Phil
- 474 days ago - philforhumanity.com
The reasons against nuclear (fission) power plants are because they are non-renewable, dangerous, and create radioactive waste.
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Plant Power to Fight Toxic Tech
Science & Tech  (tags: green tech, toxic, air, pollution, green buildings, plants )

Neelakant
- 539 days ago - news.cnet.com
Most Americans live and work in buildings awash in chemicals blamed for asthma, lung cancer, and a host of other maladies.
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Hardy Earth Bacteria Can Grow in Lunar Soil - Space - 14 March 2008 - New Scientist Space
Science & Tech  (tags: cyanobacteria, lunar, moon, plants, science, experiments, advance )

Ben
- 620 days ago - space.newscientist.com
A hardy life form called cyanobacteria can grow in otherwise inhospitable lunar soil, new experiments suggest. Future colonists on the Moon might be able to use the cyanobacteria to extract resources from the soil that could be used to make rocket fuel an
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